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The USDA’s People’s Garden Program

The creation of a garden gives clues about how our new Secretary of Agriculture—a man well-versed in commodity agriculture—is approaching food policy.
Sam Hurst
02.20.09
Keywords
food policy,
barack obama,
tom vilsack,
sam hurst
food politics

The Latest National Agriculture Census

Amid all the latest statistics about farms in the U.S., some unexpected and potentially important developments.
Sam Hurst
02.12.09
Keywords
agriculture,
farms + fish,
farming,
produce,
sam hurst
food politics

Agriculture + Food in Obama’s Stimulus Plan

A look at how farm and food programs will—and won’t—benefit from the President’s $825 billion plan.
Sam Hurst
02.02.09
Keywords
agriculture,
food policy,
barack obama,
sam hurst
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Barren Fields

King Corn stands alone as the last crop, battered and wind swept. The gaudy tassel top hats of August have long since broken off and blown away.
Sam Hurst
11.20.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
farms + fish,
agriculture,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Hurry Up and Wait

It’s the heart of the corn harvest, and nothing is moving. Farmers worry that their predicament could lead to a genuine disaster.
Sam Hurst
11.14.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
farms + fish,
agriculture,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Blizzard

Farm country is paralyzed. This is the kind of wet, fat-flaked storm that blows so hard the snow sticks and turns to concrete on kitchen window panes.
Sam Hurst
11.07.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
farms + fish,
agriculture,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Value-Added Agriculture

It’s one of the great slippery ideas of modern farming: Take a primary crop, like corn, and use it in a way that makes a more valuable product.
Sam Hurst
10.30.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
beef,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Pheasant Season

As the farmers grow weary, the great, iconic cultural event of the South Dakota harvest season begins.
Sam Hurst
10.23.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
poultry,
produce
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Lois Hargens on Cooking Pheasant

Lois Hargens been cooking pheasant for over 50 years, and like her mother before her, she has been guided by one unspoken but overwhelming challenge.
Sam Hurst
10.23.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
poultry,
culinary culture,
cooking + technique
food politics

Four Farmers Project: Waiting for the Rain to Stop

Don’t let the huge machinery fool you. Family farming is one of the last bastions of manual labor in America.
Sam Hurst
10.17.08
Keywords
sam hurst,
four farmers project,
agriculture,
produce,
environment